Claim ESB - A building taller than ESB

The Claim

It has now been more than one year since the horrific destruction of the WTC towers in New York City. The Empire State Building is now the tallest building in NYC.

This is a scaled claim which will pay based on the date on which a building is dedicated or officially open for occupancy (whichever comes first) in NYC which is taller than the current height of ESB (1250 ft). Any future change in the height of the ESB will have no effect upon this claim. The payout would be given by the formula: ((year completed - 2003) x 4) + [Jan|Feb|Mar=0; Apr|May|Jun=1; Jul|Aug|Sep=2; Oct|Nov|Dec=3].

The official arbiter for the height of any buildings will be the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Should this council no longer exist at some point in the future, it will be the judges duty to find an equally reputable successor.

The criteria for how the height of a building is measured is given here.

Judge's Statement

Per request, here is a table specifying payout values through 2028:

Payout Summary

Year Completed:

Jan/Feb/Mar

Apr/May/Jun

Jul/Aug/Sep

Oct/Nov/Dec

2003

0

1

2

3

2004

4

5

6

7

2005

8

9

10

11

2006

12

13

14

15

2007

16

17

18

19

2008

20

21

22

23

2009

24

25

26

27

2010

28

29

30

31

2011

32

33

34

35

2012

36

37

38

39

2013

40

41

42

43

2014

44

45

46

47

2015

48

49

50

51

2016

52

53

54

55

2017

56

57

58

59

2018

60

61

62

63

2019

64

65

66

67

2020

68

69

70

71

2021

72

73

74

75

2022

76

77

78

79

2023

80

81

82

83

2024

84

85

86

87

2025

88

89

90

91

2026

92

93

94

95

2027

96

97

98

99

2028

100

100

100

100

UPDATE:Here is the current website for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. (9/11/06).